May 22, 2013

Announcing new Princess Academy books!

Eight years ago Princess Academy was published. Once it won a Newbery Honor, its success overwhelmed me. I'd considered writing a sequel before but decided against it, sure that it could never match up.

So I resisted until my idea for what happens next overwhelmed me more
than the overwhelmingness of the previous success. Just generally overwhelmed, I still had to write that story.

I'm so glad I got to write Palace of Stone. I love that book. While working Palace of Stone, another burning question haunted me. And the only way to answer it was to write a third book in the series. Which I am doing now, most likely for early 2015 publication. Working title: Dragonfly Sisters.

Since it's going so well, I see no reason to stop. Here are some more Princess Academy titles that you can absolutely expect to see in the near future.*

*this isn't true. the third book will be the last. but what would you give to read princess academy: doug? *sigh*

Comments

Hilarious. I'm especially excited for "Doug." But I hope you checked with your legal department before you defaced your classic covers. We don't need you getting tied up in a time-consuming lawsuit when you have all those books to write. ;)

Hahahaha! I started scrolling through the covers before reading the text. As I'm scrolling I'm thinking "Fists of Satin?" Okay...Vampires? Really? Hasn't that been (over)done? But okay... Ross and Rachel??? What?? Must go back and read text before continuing! I'm excited for one more!

I think the third book is officially "Revenge of the Mountain Goats" until further notice. Hey, Veronica Roth called her 3rd book "Detergent" till it had a real title; JK Rowling almost chose to temporarily run with "Harry Potter and the Pillar of Storgé" for the 6th book. Ridiculous working titles FTW!

At first I thought you were joking. The nicely photoshopped pictures confirmed it.

But. You're actually not. This is real. AHHHHHH! I hadn't anticipated another Princess Academy book so soon after Palace of Stone came out. In fact, I didn't think you'd write another one. Wow. I'm kind of speechless.

I love this whole deal of you having "burning questions" to answer for your characters :) I love revisiting the worlds of your books over again, whether it's Bayern or Danland. May you continue having burning questions...we'll always treasure your "answers"!

Oh my gosh, you have no idea how amazing it has been: expecting only one book (granted, an amazing and skillfully written one but doesn't that just make you want more?) and then we got palace of stone, Which not only exceeded our expectations but was marvously different, and now we get another one, one that you have already admitted is going very well. I honestly don't know how to put this into words but I am screaming inside and probably squeeling outside too(in excitement of course, not horror) . I just cant believe this is really happening!

I'm really excited for the third. Palace of Stone was on of those instances where the sequel to an initially stand-alone-novel is actually as good as (perhaps even better, I don't know) than the original.

Lol I thought it said Fists of Satan not Satin..... Anyway I'm exteremely excited for the third book in the series!! I just discovered the first two books today and I'm in love!! (yes I have been holed up in my room all day being unsocial like I do whenever I read a good book) (this happens a lot)

Ms. Hale you are my favorite author. I'm so glad to hear about the new book. I personally always wondered what Enna and Isi's children would be like if they had the same talents as their mothers. Sorry I kind of skipped to a different series but there's an idea. Absolutely cannot wait to read the next adventures!